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Hello, during the summer i installed a Red Bison Boomslang unit to my headlights and its been running just fine until tonight when i noticed my N/S headlight was very dull, so i set about fault finding, all wiring is good an clean still, fuse is good, relays checked and head light plug...

Evening all, 3 days ago i stripped off my original TD5 head and installed an AMC head from Turner engineering ive since put about 100 miles on the clock with no problems what so ever, however this evening i started tiding up my bench and cleaning away old bits when i realized i hadn't...

Well Gents / Ladies, i've spent the last 2 hours searching and ive now got 2 answers with which to go by, im now asking is there a possible 3rd. A week ago i jumped in my TD5 90 Defender, key in the ignition and i noticed the fuel pump isn't running, took the key out put it back and bang it...

So i got my hands on a newly welded up winch bumper but no paint which was a good opportunity for me to see how good my spray painting was, so i got it prepped up by giving it a once over with sand paper and the sanding disk on some welds, a good clean with brake cleaner and the first coat of...

Found 2 old pics of my Dads series 3 in South Africa Eastern Cape, this was taken in 1983 and had been rebuilt by him in 1982 as it was needing some TLC. Sorry the pics are crappy but the old polaroid pics tend to fade out quite bad..

Right, so i found a defender 48 spline boss for my Landy, soon after i found a nice Isotta steering wheel and the purchase was made, when i was getting everything ready to install i realised the side of the boss with 6 holes thats to fit the 6 holes on the steering wheel is larger. so the boss...

Well this is a new one, my landy has been through some of the worst rain over the last few weeks and now over the last two days its developed a leak thats flooding the driver foot well, it seems to be running in the dash and dripping out just above the brake pedal. anyone have a similar...

Well after a sunday of swearing, more so getting the old stuff off, I got it finished.. Old stuff would not move with adhesive remover, after several attempts with other chemicals it eventually came off with brake cleaner. Gave the roof a good clean and sand down as there was some...

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Ive been contemplating installing some lights on the roof and with doing a search in wiring installs ive not yet come across a detachable system of getting the wiring into the cab, or a suggested system at all.. Any suggestions or even pic's would be great thank you..

Hello there im looking for some insight on this, when i was young growing up in South Africa my Dad had 2 series 3s and i can remember him spraying diesel on the chassis twice or three times a year and then driving on a dirt road so dust would stick to it forming a crust, this would prevent the...

My Next door neighbor called me over to show me an oily substance on her shoes and where she thinks it came from, its a 26 year old defender and the clutch pedal is drenched with a fine clear oily substance, but i could not see where it was coming from, i think this weekend i will give it a...

Well my EGR blank kit for my Defender TD5 arrived 2 days ago so i set about spraying penetrating oil on the appropriate bolts and continued for the two days, today i set about installing the kit and the inevitable happened, both bolts snapped flush with the manifold even with applying ample heat...

Hi All im trying to find door cards for the defender that are aluminium or polyethylene, mine are still good but boring.. Does anybody know of any?

Hello All As the title said, but i do have a few things i would like it to have. Firstly im looking for a second hand used lockable steel cubby that needs tidying up, i would have gone for a new one but im looking to run some electronics through it and add some mods including a colour change...

On tuesday my hand brake cable snapped, a new one arrived on friday So the easy task of changing my hand brake cable became a 4 hour long ordeal with the drive shaft having one rounded off nut, then the screw that holds the drum on had no head completely worn out and lock in, so no big hassle i...

Look at this bad boy that was on display at the Scottish game fair..

You have to love Flea bay, One mans rubbish is another mans gold. :thumbup: Vent covers taken off, flatted down and resprayed with Plasti-Dip then reinstalled with new stainless steel pins/bolts. Genuine wing top tread plate, neoprene gasket and staniless steal bolts purchased and...

So today i was running late for work and the defender got thumped the whole way to work, at the end of the day i noticed a small puddle of coolant under the engine. popped the bonnet and there was coolant sitting on the right of the engine and about 300ml missing out the bottle. Here's the...

Well today i was given a set of genuine spotlights but unfortunately there was no mounting brackets on them, has anyone got a set stashed and may i please have them or purchase them off you..